Improved mode of protecting the ends op vttlcanized-rttbber hose



,To .whom 'it may concern:

'HENRY A.\ALnnN, QFMATTEAWAN, .NEW YORK( Letters APatent No. 97 ,853, dated December 14, 1869.

IMPROVED MODE-.OP PRQI'IEC'VIING- THE ENDS OF VULCANIZED-RUBBER HOSE.

TheV Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I -Be it known that I," HENRY A. ALBEN, of Matteaf wan, county of Dutchess, and State of NewYork, haveinvented certain new and improved Means for Protecting the .Ends of Vulcanized- India-Rubber Hose; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,

- clear,- and exact `description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing,'in which- Figure 1. is a longitudinal central section through that vportion of the hose'to which my invention relates. .Figure 2 is n. perspective'view ofthe annular ca'p by which the-end of the. hose is coveredl M-y invention relates to vulcanized India-rubber hose, 'composed ofi plies of canvas o1' other suitable fabric, and rubber applied to the canvas and vulcanized, in

the manner well known lto those skilled in that branch of manufacture towhich this invention pertains.4

` Ithas been found that the hose is apt to-rot at the couplings, or at` the point where the ends of the sectionsot which the hose is composed are united or coupled together. This result is attributable'to `the fact, that as the ends of the sections are cut` so as to expose the plies of canvas which enter into their compositipn, water or moisture is liable to be absorbed by nr taken `up into the canvas by capillary action, nd by reason of the injurious action of the liquid upon the canvas, the parts of the hose around the couplings are caused to rot,rand become weaker 4L and unable to resist pressure, in process of time.

To remedy this evil, I provide for the exposed end ci the hosev an aun ular water-proof cap, a, made preferably ofwgulcanized India rubber or a vulcanizable compound, of such size and shape `as to t snugly over the end of the hose, and protect the plies of canvas vwhich would otherwise be' exposed to the action of the fluidor moisture. The sides of the cap extend a sumcient distance back upon bothjthe interior and exterior of thehose to fully protect the end, and the union of the cap lwith the hose iseffected in any suitable inanner, when the coupling is applied; for instance, by means of wire wrapped tightly over the sidesof the cap and around the hose, as shown in the drawing.

By this'means,vI iind that the end of the hose aroundthe coupling can be amply -and eiectually protected, all moisture being kept from the canvas plies. Thelcap may be made of anysize-or shape, andof any material suited for the purpose, though I much preferthc construction shown in the drawing.

Having now described my invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letter yPatent is 1,. Protecting the endsof vulcanized India-rubber hose, bymeans of an annular water-proof cap, in the mannersubstantially as described.

2. As al new article of manufact-ure, an annular water-proof cap, for protecting the ends of vulcanized India-rubber hose, the saine being applied and used substantially as shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name this specification, before two subscribing witnesses. HENRY A. ALDEN.

fitnessesz v A. PoLLoK,

M. BAILEY. 

